Hell Toupee wrote:

> My mom got her wooden rolling pin as a wedding present in 1946. Eight
> kids and a hell of a lot of cooking later, it's still going strong -
> and we've never oiled it. Nor her rolling board, either.

The only reason I've ever heard for oiling a kitchen board is after
resurfacing (i.e. sanding or scraping) it. That's mainly a treatment
for cutting boards.